Lawmakers claim they can create jobs by enacting two new tax breaks – one for payrolls, one for corporations' foreign earnings. But there's no evidence they will boost job growth.
The judge in the trial of Casey Anthony, accused of killing her two-year-old daughter, mysteriously and abruptly recessed the case on Saturday morning saying only that “a legal issue has arisen.”
Shot on a shoestring budget, "Courage, New Hampshire" is intended to depict traditional American values espoused by the tea party movement. But the show is yet to win a TV distribution deal, so it will premier Sunday night in a movie theater then come out on DVD.
The secrecy around Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s selection of Cathleen P. Black to run the city’s schools highlighted his faith in business leaders and dislike of public debate.
Starting Thursday, Wal-Mart plans to offer free shipping on its Web site, a move that may create an expectation among consumers and a threat to smaller retailers.
AP - As the news flashed around the globe that New York state had legalized gay marriage, New York fashion designer Malcolm Harris didn't waste any time. He dashed off a Twitter message to his boyfriend of nine years: "`Will you marry me?"
AP - Chased from their homes by rising floodwaters and bunking with friends, clergymen Mike Johnson and Mike Pancoast did what seems to come naturally to folks around here: They hopped into a car and headed for a nearby town to help others evacuate.
AP - The Supreme Court's conservative majority made it harder for people to band together to sue the nation's largest businesses in the two most far-reaching rulings of the term the justices are wrapping up on Monday.
The Souris River in Minot, North Dakota, is expected to crest overnight, the mayor said. About a third of Minot's population is under evacuation orders.
Mexican troops fanned out across Tamaulipas this weekend, taking over security in half of the state's cities and towns. The show of force came as President Felipe Calderon defended his drug war strategy.
A Libyan official says NATO planes struck a bakery and a restaurant. NATO says it struck command-and-control centers and had no indication of civilian casualties.